Commentaries by Akshat Jaithlia and Aayush Maheshwari

The Agonizing Pace of the Indian Judiciary

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The Agonizing Pace of the Indian Judiciary

Akshat Jaithlia and Aayush Maheshwari

May 14, 2020 06:23:22 pm

Introduction The Indian Judicial system, as we know today incorporates the Supreme Court, high courts, and various other subordinate judiciaries. It began functioning on January 28, 1950. Since then, our judicial system has been able to prove itself as the nation’s moral conscience, upholding the rights of all citizens irrespective of their class, gender, status, [...]

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